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'Lima Call for Climate Action' Falls Short of What Science Urges and People Demand

2014-12-16 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: The UN climate conference in Lima, Peru (COP 20) finally came to a close early Sunday morning. Negotiators haggled around the clock well past the formal Friday deadline, but still could only come up with a weak agreement called the "Lima Call for Climate Action." The agreement falls short of actions needed to avoid the catastrophic consequences of a warmer world. Yes, government leaders reaffirmed their decision to put individual climate pledges on the table prior to the December 2015 COP 21 meeting...

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11-Year-Old Demands Climate Action With Vow of Silence Pledge

2014-12-10 14:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: I am writing to tell you about a brave 11-year-old boy named Itzcuauhtli (eat-squat-lee). I first saw him in videos with his brother Xiuhtezcatl (shoe-tez-cot), performing hip-hop inspired by their love for the Earth and their indigenous roots. In September, I had an opportunity to meet him at the Peoples Climate March in New York City, and I was impressed by his passionate voice. A few weeks later, after performing at a conference with his group Earth Guardians, Itzcuauhtli became overwhelmed...

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Philippines typhoon strikes as nations, activists discuss climate action in Peru

2014-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: While loved ones braced for the full impact of Typhoon Hagupit back home, Filipino activists in Lima urged climate negotiators Saturday to act with more urgency in drafting a global plan to limit such potentially life-threatening events. To us in the Philippines, we are not any more debating on whether or not the impacts of climate change are here, we have experienced it, Voltaire Alferez of the Aksyon Klima Pilipinas NGO grouping said on the sidelines of the talks. Year after year we are bombarded...

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Phil typhoon sparks calls climate action

2014-12-07 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: While loved ones braced for the full impact of Typhoon Hagupit back home, Filipino activists in Lima urged climate negotiators Saturday to act with more urgency in drafting a global plan to limit such potentially life-threatening events. "To us in the Philippines, we are not any more debating on whether or not the impacts of climate change are here, we have experienced it," Voltaire Alferez of the Aksyon Klima Pilipinas NGO grouping said on the sidelines of the talks. "Year after year we are...

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